Ruleset
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
A set of directives that govern the access control functionality of a firewall. The firewall uses these directives to determine how packets should be routed between its interfaces.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
A table of instructions used by a controlled interface to determine what data is allowable and how the data is handled between interconnected systems.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage reviewer confirmed
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- rule setsRulesets
- possessive
- rule set'sRuleset's
- pluralpossessive
- rule sets'Rulesets'